Nan Aron
Born	1948 (age 75–76) New York City, U.S.
Education	Oberlin College ( BA) Case Western Reserve University ( JD)
Occupation	Lawyer

Nan Aron (born 1948) is an American lawyer ^[1] and the founder and president of Alliance for Justice (AFJ), a liberal judicial advocacy group in the United States. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Staunchly progressive, Aron has been a noted opponent of conservative judicial nominees in the United States. ^{[5] [6]} She repeatedly called for former Presidents Bill Clinton ^[2] and Barack Obama to be more aggressive in nominating progressives to the bench, ^[7] and during George W. Bush's presidency, urged the Democrat-controlled Senate to consider Bush's nominees closely. ^{[2] [8]} She is considered a key player in confirmation hearings for judicial nominees, ^[2] and, in 2005, was called "the Madame Defarge of liberal court watchers" in the Wall Street Journal. ^{[5] [9]}

Career

Aron received her B.A. in sociology and Chinese from Oberlin College and her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. ^{[9] [10]} Prior to founding Alliance for Justice, Aron worked as a staff attorney for the ACLU's National Prison Project. ^{[9] [10] [11]} Aron went on to serve as a trial attorney for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ^[9] where she litigated race and sex discrimination cases against companies and unions in federal and district courts. In 1979, Aron founded the Alliance for Justice, ^[9] and began investigating judicial nominees during Ronald Reagan's presidency. ^[2] She established the Alliance's Judicial Selection Project in 1985. ^[5]

Aron has taught at Georgetown and George Washington University Law Schools, and serves on the Dean's Advisory Council at American University's Washington College of Law. ^[12]

Aron authored Liberty and Justice for All: Public Interest Law in the 1980s and Beyond in 1989, ^{[13] [14]} which the Harvard Law Review said was "[s]ure to evoke a new pledge of allegiance to public interest law", ^[15] as well as Justice in the Making—A Citizen's Guide in 1993 with Alliance for Justice. ^[12]

Aron referenced overcoming the dual challenges of being a woman and a Jew in the State Department in 2004. ^[10]

Personal life

Aron was born in a Jewish household in 1948 in New York City. ^[10] She is married to psychiatrist Bernard Arons; they have three children. ^[9]

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